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Neighborhood · Arlington, MA

Orvis Road Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 11,349 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10 · range 5.4–5.5

Orvis Road Historic District takes in 2 census tracts of Arlington, MA and houses 11,349 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, Moderate tier. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.5/10.

Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. 14% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.2/10. Court records carry 140 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

29% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, above the Arlington rate of 24.0%. Food insecurity affects 6.6% of adults, 11.2 points below the national rate. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 7.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 1.6% of renter households. That places it #3 of 4 neighborhoods in Arlington. Judgments average 0.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

For a like-for-like read, Kensington Park Historic District and Arlington Heights score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 2 tracts score within 0.1 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

With little internal variation, 5.4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Orvis Road Historic District vs Arlington How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
28.6% +19%
Arlington: 24.0%
Average gross rent
$2,051 -1%
Arlington: $2,082
Average HH income
$127,782 -10%
Arlington: $141,440
Poverty rate
5.7% +6%
Arlington: 5.4%
Renter share
55.1% +44%
Arlington: 38.4%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Orvis Road Historic District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.4–5.5

Why Orvis Road Historic District scores 5.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts
7.3
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.3–8.3 across tracts
8.3
Rent control risk
29% of income on rent · Range 3.9–3.9 across tracts
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
55% renter households · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts
8.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.6–3.6 across tracts
3.6
Economic stress
5.7% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.9 across tracts
1.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.5–2.9 across tracts
2.2
Risk score comparison

Orvis Road Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Orvis Road Historic District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.4Orvis Road HistoriNeighborhood5.9Parent cityhost city6.4Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Orvis Road Historic District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
25017356300 5.5 5,458 27% $1,830
25017356701 5.4 5,891 30% $2,255
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 23

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 13%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 11%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 60%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Orvis Road Historic District

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 140Total filings (sum)
  • 0.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.6%Peak year (2016)
  • 1.00%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Orvis Road Historic District

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Orvis Road Historic District

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Orvis Road Historic District?

Orvis Road Historic District scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Orvis Road Historic District compare to Arlington overall?

Orvis Road Historic District scores 0.5 points lower than Arlington overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 29% of income on rent vs 24% citywide. Average rent: $2,051 vs $2,082.
Q3

What is the average rent in Orvis Road Historic District?

Average gross rent in Orvis Road Historic District is $2,051/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Orvis Road Historic District residents are renters?

55% of Orvis Road Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Arlington). The neighborhood has 11,349 residents.
Q5

Is Orvis Road Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?

Orvis Road Historic District sits in the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Orvis Road Historic District have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Orvis Road Historic District is census tract 25017356300 (score 5.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 5.5, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Orvis Road Historic District for landlords?

Orvis Road Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Arlington as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Orvis Road Historic District?

Orvis Road Historic District has 11,831 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (70.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (14.6%), Hispanic / Latino (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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